Movers & Shakers

Pat Cox has been elected president of the European Movement International. A former president of the European Parliament (2002-04) and a former leader of the Liberal group in the European Parliament (1998-2002), Cox will take over the chairmanship of the organisation from José Maria Gil-Robles, also a former president of the European Parliament.

Mario Monti, the former European competition commissioner, is joining Goldman Sachs as an international adviser. Monti, 62, will advise the bank on European and global public policy issues. Karel van Miert, Monti’s predecessor as competition commissioner, is also an international adviser for Goldman Sachs.

Christian Schwarz-Schilling is to succeed Paddy Ashdown as the international community’s high representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A German former postal minister, Schwarz-Schilling (75) will take up his new function at the end of January. He resigned from chancellor Helmut Kohl’s government in 1992, after the start of the Balkan wars, in protest over Germany’s policy towards the region.

Richard Wainwright, former head of the competition team in the European Commission, has joined the law firm Allen & Overy’s, working out of its Brussels and London offices.

Carlo Parietti has been appointed as the new president of Eurocadres. The Italian, ex-leader of Agenquadri-CGIL, will head up the Council of European professional and managerial staff, representing all branches of industry. Jean-Paul Bouchet, Christer Forslund, Inta Gavarina, Marian Krzaklewski, KŠthe Munk and Gerald Musger were elected as vice-presidents.

Brenda O’Brien has been appointed Brussels liaison officer for the Bilbao-based European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, which has opened a Brussels representation in rue Wiertz.

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